“Despite claiming to be safeguarding our borders, in fact what we have seen is a degradation in capabilities of the organisation to do its most basic functions to the point where committed, loyal and professional staff are at rock bottom and looking to leave in their droves.”

Morale has never been lower and yet it amazingly continues to plummet

Border staff employee

The worker added: “They see their senior managers as having no leadership skills and no idea what they are doing at all.

"They fear for the future of the work they do and their own jobs with waves of cuts.

“Morale has never been lower and yet it amazingly continues to plummet.”

Other findings in the survey revealed that nearly 60 per cent of Border Force employees did not think they felt valued for the work they did.

In addition, 6 in 10 employees said their workload had simply become unacceptable.

The border service was hit by swingeing budget cuts during the six years that Theresa May was Home Secretary, before becoming Prime Minister.

Back in April she announced the UK Border Service’s resource budget would be cut by £2million despite growing fears over security following a spate of terror attacks in Europe.

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The border service was was hit by cuts when Theresa May was Home Secretary

However, at the time Mrs May insisted that border spending had been “protected” because capital spending on technology such as electronic passport gates would rise from £40.1million last year to £68.3million.

She told MPs: “That means that Border Force spending to all intents and purposes is protected compared to 2015-16 with increased capital investment to improve the technology at the border, to improve security and intelligence and strengthen control.”

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The Home office made a statement saying they are committed to increasing morale in the force

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Labour had previously suggested the borders budget was in line for cuts of £88 million, before later accusing the Government of “furiously back-pedalling.... patching up holes in the Border Force budget”.

Last night a spokesman for the Home Office said: “We value our highly-skilled Border Force officers who work tirelessly to protect the UK border and keep our families, communities and country safe. We are committed to maintaining and increasing staff morale within Border Force.”